LACP mode removed from trunk(4)
by from OpenBSD Journal on (#72SG8)
David Gwynne (dlg@)has removed LACP mode from thetrunk(4) network driver.Thecommit messageexplains the reasoning:
CVSROOT:/cvsModule name:srcChanges by:dlg@cvs.openbsd.org2026/01/11 21:38:15Modified files:share/man/man4 : trunk.4 sys/conf : files sys/net : if_trunk.c Log message:remove lacp support from trunk(4)lacp is better supported by aggr(4). users of lacp in trunk(4)should migrate to aggr(4).trunk(4) and the lacp support inside it is one of the last chunksof code that still requires the netlock in the ethernet stack. thelast time i tried to fix this i ended up writing aggr(4), and nothingabout this code has improved since then. the other protos such asfailover and loadbalance are trivial in comparison and will be easyto improve in the future.discussed with and no objections from many
David also added anentryto the "Following current" FAQwith additional detailsand an example of migration to aggr(4).